PPAP is so last year. This is the new dance craze in Japan - KOI DANCE

[Hyooga]

K-Pop fans might be familiar with Otani Ryohei (Roommates, Cool Kiz on the Block) - he's part of the main leads in this drama.

 

So the closing credits of Japanese drama I Got Married As a Job (starrting Aragaki Yui, Hoshino Gen, Otani Ryohei) has the main characters dancing to this song. The drama was a hit and the dance has become a craze to the point that even the US Embassy in Tokyo had to do their own version. 

 

The song is Koi by Hoshino Gen so the dance is called Koi Dance æ‹ãƒ€ãƒ³ã‚¹

 

Here's the original from the drama

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRed-L1W9V0

 

 

Covers of it went viral (up to millions of views)

 

This cover has 15 million views

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQlfKxGt6Qk

 

Here is the US Embassy in Tokyo doing their own take

 

 

[Sana Minatozaki]

this is the music i would twerk to

[Hemlock]

Koi is also from last year tho...

[Larme]

this is the music i would twerk to

Same.

[Hyooga]

Koi is also from last year tho...

 

True but it became a craze wayyy after PPAP plus most of the popular covers were really recent.

[CosmicAZNGangstars]

This is corny

[wonderfulisaaa92*]

I don't think I could ever fully master the dance but I love the song (and the drama & Hoshino Gen!) to pieces, anyway. ♡

[demasta]

the cover is great 

[DocumentaLy]

True but it became a craze wayyy after PPAP plus most of the popular covers were really recent.

 

Not really. It was simultaneous. "Koi" and the dance that goes with it has been popular for months now. 

[The Jany]

I tried to do it once cuz it looked fun but I just couldnt  I looked like a giggling chimpanzee instead

[Dolores Haze]

i thought ppap and koi kinda happened at the same time? anyway koi >>>>>> ppap

[onesnowyday]

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#bestversion

[DocumentaLy]

i thought ppap and koi kinda happened at the same time? anyway koi >>>>>> ppap

 

They did.

[riduch]

Koi dance definitely. PPAP is both cringey and overused 

[loto]

It's a good song and the choreo for it is really cute